1915 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 June 1915.^[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 106 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 45 of the 69 seats in the Senate.^[2]

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1915 Portuguese legislative election

← 1913 13 June 1915 1918 â†’
Turnout	59.9% (22.8pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Afonso Costa António José de Almeida Manuel de Brito Camacho Party Democratic Evolutionist Republican Union Last election 68 (Chamber) 24 (Senate) 41 (Chamber) 16 (Senate) 36 (Chamber) 18 (Senate) Seats won 106 (Chamber) 45 (Senate) 26 (Chamber) 9 (Senate) 15 (Chamber) 11 (Senate)   Fourth party Fifth party   PSP Leader António Augusto de Castro Meireles Party Socialist PCC Last election 2 (Chamber) 2 (Senate) Did not contest Seats won 2 (Chamber) 0 (Senate) 1 (Chamber) 1 (Senate)
Most voted-for party by municipality
Prime Minister before election José de Castro Democratic Prime Minister after election Afonso Costa Democratic

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